Fruit Trees and Plants

 

 

Full sun -       Partial sun -       Full shadow - 

self fertile - SF or self sterile - SS

 

Apples:          

  • SF   September Wonder – early Fuji, white flesh
  • SF   Cortland – dark red, underlaid stripes
  • SF   McIntosh – red, mid-late, good for cooking or eating
  • SS   Honeycrisp – red over yellow, good for cooking or eating, mid-late, Red Delicious is a good pollinator
  • SF   Winesap – red, good for cooking or eating fresh
  • SF   Candy Crisp – yellow with pink blush, large fruit, unique flavor
  • SF   Red Delicious – mid-late, red
  • SF   Yellow Delicious – mid-late, yellow
  • SF   Lodi – improved Early Transparent, early
  • SF   Early Transparent – ripens early July, good for sauce and pie
  • SS   Royal / Grand Gala – red strain, early, good for cooking or eating, Yellow Delicious is a good pollinator
  • SF   Gingergold – yellow with a pink blush, sweet-tart, large, juicy, firm and crisp
  • SF   Granny Smith – late, green, good to eat or cook
  • SF   Fuji – myra red, crisp, juicy, late, good to eat or cook

 

Apricot:          

  • SF   Chinese Mormon – orange skin, red blush, blooms late
  • SF   Puget Gold – blooms early March, bears early August, good to dry
  • SF   Tilton – golden yellow with red blush, mid to late June, eat fresh or can
  •  SF   Gold Cot – orange flesh, gold skin, large, very winter hardy
  • SF   Harglow – yellow to orange skin, mid to late July
  • SF   Wilson – reddish skin, large fruit, mid July, good to eat, can or freeze

 

Sour Cherry:          

     Does not like a wet spot

  • SF   Montmorrency – mid-season, bright red, best in our area, no wet spots

 

Sweet Cherry:          

      Does not like a wet spot

  • SS   Royal Anne – yellow with red blush, cross with Van or Stella
  • SS   Van – mid, similar to Bing, black, sweet, cross with Anne or Stella
  • SF   Stella – mid, large, heart shaped, dark, sweek
  • SF   White Gold – red blush over yellow
  • SF   Black Gold – black, sweet, large fruit
  • SF   Emperor Francis – light red, sweet cherry, yellow inside, good fresh or canned

 

Nectarine:          

  • SF   Fantasia – freestone, yellow with red blush, large fruit

 

Peach:          

  • SF   Polly – white peach with red blush
  • SF   Red Haven – early August
  • SF   Frost – freestone, large fruit, mid-August, yellow
  • SF   Belle of Georgia – white, large peach, good to eat or can
  • SF   Sensation Mini Peach – patio peach
  • SF   Carolina Bell – white flesh
  • SF   Elberta Lovell – freestone, large, favorite

 

Paw Paw:              

      Native, need several to cross-pollinate        15’-20’ x 10’-20’

  •  Indiana Banana – edible brown fruit, large droopy leaves, purple flowers

 

Persimmon:          

      Native, need several to cross-pollinate, edible yellow to orange fruit, ripens after frost in October, male or female but sometimes both sexes  are on the same tree, wood is used to make golf club heads or billiard cues            35’-60’ x 20’-35’

 

Pears – Semi-Dwarf:          

  • SS   Red Anjou – late August-mid September, red pear
  • SS   Cascade – large, red blush, yellow pear, good keeper
  • SS   Moonglow – golden, mid-August, good keeper, fresh or canned
  • SF   Dutchess – large, yellow, white flesh
  • SS   Summer Crisp – red blush, harvest when green, early to end of season
  • SS   Red Bartlett – red, cross with Bartlett or Moonglow
  • SF   Seckle – sugar pear, self fertile

 

Plum – European – Semi-Dwarf:          

  • SF   Brooks – blue, large fruit
  • SF   Stanley – blue, good to dry for prunes
  • SF   Green Gage – greenish yellow when ripe, sweet
  • SF   Empress – blue, late, large fruit
  • SF   Damson – blue, medium fruit

 

Red Plum – Semi-Dwarf:          

  • SF   Santa Rosa – red, large fruit
  •  SF   Alderman – red, large fruit, nice fall color

 

Plumcot – Semi-Dwarf – cross between apricot and plum:          

  • SS   Spring Satin – purple outside, apricot colored inside, cross with a Japanese plug, suggest Santa Rosa

 

Fruit Plants also available

  • Blueberry – several cultivars to cross pollinate
  •  Blackberry
  • Raspberry
  • Strawberries
  • Currents
  • Gooseberries
  • Rhubarb
  • Grape Vines
  • Nut Trees – Pecan, Filbert, Walnut, Butternut, Chinese Chestnut